[LST] Re: [FT] Should all Beams fire at fighters/ordinance?

Just to clear up a bit of my confusion, Roger:

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> Should it be a part of the main rule system? Definitely not. I'd

It lets small ships defend themselves from fighters. I see it as a necessity.
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Is the above any less comprehensible than your post repeating almost all of
mine? Are you commenting on the other parts by omision?

Is your answer, then, that you'd rather all beams have PDS capability? I
didn't say I wished it dropped, just rather than have ALL beams...

> On 13-Jun-01 at 15:14, devans@uneb.edu (devans@uneb.edu) wrote:
I
> didn't say I wished it dropped, just rather than have ALL beams...

I was disagreeing with the comment "I'd rather see the PDS capability of class
1's dropped."

Maybe there's a middle ground. What if you paid extra for beams (type 1 and
up) which could engage small targets. Say it was called a fast traverse turret
or something. That way, you're paying extra for a little extra security
against fighters. You would have to work out the costs. Maybe you'd just buy
that kind of tech for the entire ship at once. After all a PDS only costs 1
mass.

> --- devans@uneb.edu wrote: